Nintendo DS Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal | 
 enlarge | From: Konami
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 12351
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 24108
Model: 83717241089
UPC: 083717241089
EAN: 0083717241089
ASIN: B000EBFMY4
Release Date: September 8, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Cast spells based on fire, water, earth and wind using the DS touch pad | | • | Battle dozens of monsters in the tower to save your family | | • | Complete side quests to raise your reputation with the townspeople | | • | Collect eggs and train monster helpers and battle and trade with your friends |
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Product Description
Taos Adventure: Curse Of The Demon Seal gives you the chance to master ancient Magical Arts! Take on the role of Tao, a young magical student. One day, the Demon Seal from the nearby Monster Tower cracked and let loose hoards of ferocious monsters. An extremely powerful monster curses the townspeople, including Tao's family, turning them all into stone. Tao must find a way to master the art of magic, repair the Demon Seal, destroy the curse and save his family.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Superman for N64 was more fun than this. January 16, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This game is nothing more than a neat gimmick, and that's about it.
Don't get me wrong. I have a huge DS library full of completely awesome games. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Mario Kart, Final Fantasy 3, Contact, Metroid Hunters, Sonic Rush, etc.
But this game completely blows. It looked interesting and unique when I saw it in the store, so I tried it.
Tao's Adventure proved to be one of the worst games I've ever had the displeasure of playing in my entire life. I enjoyed SUPERMAN for Nintendo 64 more than this, if that helps to explain it.
You would have to pay me play this.
It turned out to be the only game I've ever played that I actually wanted my money back, just because it sucked so bad. I took it back after 3 days and exchanged it for another.
The game itself is kinda neat and the graphics are okay, but gosh. It's just so boring. So. Unbearably...boring..
The entire game consists of you transversing a 50 floor tower, with each floor looking just like the last, except bigger, and more boring.
And yes, I gave this game a chance. I played it for at least 4 hours, though I had to push myself through the last 2 hours to see if it would improve.
The bottom-line: This game is a waste of money. Overlook this one, and pick out some better titles for the DS.
 Fun to play, sometimes inconveninet; Overall I liked it. December 29, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are a huge RPG fan, and like many secrets and quests within a game, you might give Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal a try. I have always been a RPG fan, and while games like Magical Starsign, Lunar Dragon Song, and Children of Mana are more popular than this game, I think those games are simply boring 2D games with dull combat. Many people are likely to ignore Tao's Adventure just because it is not popular, or has the curse of bad reviews. But for me, it is one of the most fun RPG in DS that dosen't include guns in battle.
Tao is a young Bente, a group of magic users, gifted with magical powers. His whole island turns into stones by a giant bird, and its up to hime to save his family by going to the Monster Tower, located on a desert city. The whole point of this game is to get to the top of the Tower by leveling up and fighting monsters. However, it's not like a straight path that requires little thinking. Floors have mechanisms, traps and other objects, testing your navigating ability. Since it's hard to get to the top, beating the game will require quite a time. That is one of the reasons I like RPGs. Games like Mario Kart DS, to me, gets extremely boring after few hours or so.
Maybe you are a person who starts the game, and say, "This game is so boring, and it only has like 30 items to buy," and sell it on ebay right away, maybe you should go on farther. There are more items, and stores keep updating their items if you get to higher levels. The magic becomes far more powerful, with awesome graphics and damage. There are quests that are fun, and you can even upgrade weapons. This game has definitely more than what you look at.
This game has awesome 3D graphics, not like those horrible 2D graphic games like Children of Mana. The only things I didn't like is the music and the way you cast spells, pick up items, and the old turn-based battles in the Monster Tower. The music is always the same, and it makes you tired and gives you boredom. You might as well listen to your iPod while playing the game. The way you cast a spell is to draw a symbol, and press "Trigger," and it activates, which can be time-consuming. When you pick items, it can take about 1.5 second. But overall, Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal can be hours of fun:
Graphics: A+
Music: C
Story: B
Multiplayer: B
Fun: A+
Quests/Sidequests: A
A Grade of a DS RPG: A+
 Decent, not Great though.... December 9, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
We all know that Online RPGs are much better than DS RPGs, and I would not pick this game if you are looking for a RPG that is like the online ones, I don't recommend this game. Tao's adventure has some great graphics, but some features are very unconvenient to use. First, there is only one town you can travel around, making you bored every time you start the game. The music is not that great, and you'll be tired if you listen to the music. To get experience points, you have to go to the Monster Tower, but the thing is, when you attack or use magic, it is SO slow to activate. You use the stylus to press USE MAGIC, and then you draw a symbol, and it activates 1~2 seconds later. And the attack is turn - based, giving the monster a chance to attack and kill you. There is no job system, and when picking up items, it shows: YOU GOT A ..... and you can't move for 2 seconds, which is SO annoying. Because of the SLOW activation, you hardly LVL up. There are side quests, but those are not great either. There are so FEW items to buy and use, yet you can upgrade weapons and armory. Also if you die, it is simply GAME OVER, ruining all your progress. For example, if you were lvl 5 and you lvl up to 11, but died, you become lvl 5 unless you save your game, which you have to go to the hotel and save, takes a lot of time. If you are looking for an interesting, fast attack, wide-mapped game, I would look elsewhere.
Azure Dreams for the DS December 8, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This games is nearly exactly like the successful game Azure Dreams that came out on the PlayStation. If you liked that one you should love this one. Same engaging gameplay nd good graphics for this console.
 Boring attempt at RPG July 2, 2006
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
This game is a weak attempt at an RPG. I was highly unimpressed with the graphics, music, and the storyline. You're basically a young kid whose gifted with magic, and you're family is turned to stone by a giant crow. You need to travel to the Monster Tower (yes, it's actually called that) to find the monster that turned your family into stone. The dialog quickly (first 5 minutes) becomes tiresome, and the fight sequences are sadly put together. If you're a small child, and you haven't played the quality RPG's like Final Fantasy you may think this game is good. I can tell you that as an adult this game was a waste of money. Avoid it, unless you really enjoy completely monotonous gameplay, with bad music and terribly translated Japanese (your companions are called Familiars).
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